Senior Legal Consultant

9fin; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic start-up in financial technology is seeking a Senior High Yield Capital Markets Lawyer to join their London office. This role offers flexibility for remote work and presents an opportunity to leverage your expertise in a growing environment. Responsibilities include reviewing bond documentation, writing insightful reports, and collaborating with industry professionals. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience in high yield capital markets and a strong commercial awareness.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Equity options

Private Medical Insurance

25 holiday days per year

Training and development budget

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in high yield capital markets at a top-tier law firm.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating high yield bond documentation.
• Strong communication skills in written and verbal formats.

Responsibilities

• Review high yield bond documentation and produce insightful analysis.
• Write reports on secondary situations and covenant trends.
• Collaborate with journalists and credit analysts.

Skills

Experience in high yield capital markets

Commercial awareness of leveraged finance

Technical understanding of finance covenants

Networking and relationship building

Job description

About 9fin

The world’s largest asset class, debt, operates with the worst data.

Technology has revolutionized equity markets with electronic trading, quant algos and instantaneous news. However, in debt capital markets, the picture is completely different. It still behaves like it’s in the 1980s; trillions of dollars of trades are placed over the phone, news is slow, and corporate credit information is imperfect and scattered.

Our mission is to change this.

9fin’s proprietary technology delivers fast and comprehensive financial, credit, legal & ESG analysis. Our clients are able to make faster, more informed decisions, win more business and most importantly, save time.

Our fast growing list of clients include 9 of the top 10 Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Law Firms.

The opportunity

We are looking for a senior high yield capital markets lawyer to help develop our offering of high yield bond covenant research and analytics. The role will report into our London office with flexibility to work from home/remotely as needed. This role offers a unique opportunity for an experienced lawyer to use their expertise within a rapidly growing start-up environment, with much greater work-life balance than can be found in a typical law firm environment.

What you’ll work on

Every day is different, but here’s an example of the kind of things you’ll work on:

• Reviewing high yield bond documentation to produce commercially focused and insightful analysis on primary transactions.

• Writing topical reports on secondary situations collaborating closely with 9fin’s team of journalists and credit analysts

• Writing thematic reports to explain covenant trends and innovations to our clients

• Answering client questions about the covenant packages of specific borrowers and issuers

• Using our proprietary technology to build and expand our covenant databases

• Working with 9fin’s engineering and product teams to develop new legal and
  covenant product features

• Delivering seminars, teach-ins and podcast segments as a subject matter expert in
  leveraged finance covenants

• Representing 9fin in the press and at industry conferences and events

About you

This role will be a great fit if you have:

• 8+ years of experience within a high yield capital markets team at a top-tier law firm

• Experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating high yield bond documentation

• Keen commercial awareness of leveraged finance markets and capital structures

• Strong technical understanding of how leveraged finance covenants and definitions
  operate

• Solid existing network of relationships within the leveraged finance community

• Excellent networking and relationship building skills

• Effective written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

Our benefits

We’re a scaling start up, and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

Financial & Insurance

• Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)

• Equity options

• Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness

• Group Life Assurance

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Time off

• 25 holiday days per year

• Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)

• Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work

• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year

• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

• Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available

Training & Culture

• Professional learning and development budget

• Bi-annual team socials

• Summer and Winter company social events

9fin is an equal opportunities employer

At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we’re looking for — either for this role, or perhaps another.